A newly published study of long-haul truckers focuses on factors that make this occupation attractive to predators and how the FBI investigates their crimes.
Former agent Frank Figliuzzi asked these analysts to deconstruct the subculture of truckers and victims.Frank Figliuzzi rode with a long-haul trucker for a week, enduring rough conditions to gain some sense of the advantages a predatory trucker might have when looking for victims. Although most truck drivers are law-abiding , the Federal Bureau of Investigation believes that certain types ofgravitate toward this isolated occupation.
An investigation in Oklahoma in 2004 inspired the HSK database, officially launched in 2009. Long-haul trucker Robert Ben Rhoades is the most often described success story. Rhoades had afetish for captivity and torture. He was arrested in Casa Grande, Arizona, in 1990 after a state trooper found a live woman chained inside his truck. Linkage analysis added murder victims to Rhoades’ criminal portfolio.scenes to determine whether they are associated with a specific offender or set of offenders.
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